Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 196 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 54% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6037.00 on Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 13, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 48 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 60.7% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 307,724 acre feet

This is 115.94% of the average of 265,423 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 136,189 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 152,806 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 171,535 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 242.75% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 41.82% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is up 0.42 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 16.56 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 1.15 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Apr 14, 2026
6037.00
0.06
1,029,430
697
318
59.0
40.1
Mon, Apr 13, 2026
6036.94
0.06
1,028,814
656
312
66.2
42.1
Sun, Apr 12, 2026
6036.88
0.04
1,028,198
549
309
67.8
38.7
Sat, Apr 11, 2026
6036.84
0.05
1,027,788
597
307
64.9
48.4
Fri, Apr 10, 2026
6036.79
0.11
1,027,275
910
307
75.9
47.8
Thu, Apr 09, 2026
6036.68
0.08
1,026,148
744
291
78.1
39.2
Wed, Apr 08, 2026
6036.60
0.05
1,025,329
552
263
76.8
40.1
Tue, Apr 07, 2026
6036.55
0.10
1,024,817
850
260
73.4
46.4
Mon, Apr 06, 2026
6036.45
0.07
1,023,795
721
254
69.8
40.5
Sun, Apr 05, 2026
6036.38
0.11
1,023,079
896
255
70.3
32.0
Sat, Apr 04, 2026
6036.27
0.09
1,021,956
771
256
65.7
28.9
Fri, Apr 03, 2026
6036.18
0.12
1,021,038
927
257
55.9
34.7
Thu, Apr 02, 2026
6036.06
0.21
1,019,814
1386
256
68.0
37.8
Wed, Apr 01, 2026
6035.85
0.23
1,017,676
1542
290
59.0
43.7
Averages of List
6036.53
0.1
1,024,654
842.7
281.1
67.9
40.0

Averages for April 14th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6050.43
-13.43
1,238,871
2126.62
1018.68
67.37
38.59
All-Time
6036.36
0.64
1,126,331
2081.36
1006.06
67.37
38.59

Last 10 April 14th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Mon, Apr 14, 2025
6036.58
0.42
1,025,124
1334
461
70.1
48.4
Sun, Apr 14, 2024
6041.14
-4.14
1,072,664
1556
511
70.0
49.0
Fri, Apr 14, 2023
6034.09
2.91
999,899
7062
290
58.8
44.1
Thu, Apr 14, 2022
6019.94
17.06
865,654
925
507
63.0
20.0
Wed, Apr 14, 2021
6034.00
3.00
1,049,350
1007
532
76.0
47.0
Tue, Apr 14, 2020
6055.41
-18.41
1,290,508
947
565
51.0
26.0
Sun, Apr 14, 2019
6030.35
6.65
1,012,072
1980
335
n/a
n/a
Sat, Apr 14, 2018
6050.83
-13.83
1,235,335
839
843
60.0
34.0
Fri, Apr 14, 2017
6072.92
-35.92
1,521,482
3689
476
75.0
37.0
Thu, Apr 14, 2016
6068.89
-31.89
1,465,247
2410
488
75.0
43.0
Averages of List
6044.61
-7.61
1,155,929
1985
502
66.5
34.9


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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